@wiredjaws THIS. Part of the reason I loved Sinners so much was because the movie was so unapologetically black. I loved how the characters were written and really appreciated the work and research that went into the story. I'm from the south too so it was cool to see a director accurately portray southern black culture the RIGHT way. Cuz southern black culture and white southern culture are two VERY different things.
Somehow, all people could focus on were the white and white adjacent characters + what they added to the story. I knew people didn't get the meaning of the movie when I started seeing people sympathize more with Remmick than Elijah and Elias or even Grace. It's not even about "who had it worse", it's really about how people treat black characters in popular pieces of media versus white characters. Every time we get a story with a black or poc lead, somehow, the white side characters always end up getting more attention. But if you point any of it out, people'll call you crazy or tell you to stop making everything about race...